O Daniel attacks tax dodgers plan on radio appeal
Governor W Lee O Daniel urged Texans to back a 1.6 percent transactions tax to fund old age pensions and related programs. He challenged professional politicians, defended his plan against critics, and urged merchants to support the measure while promising Legislature will act or offer alternatives. He dismissed resigning and asked citizens to lobby their lawmakers.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
O'Daniel
Daniel
Houston
Dallas
Stop and Think On Drink Temptation and Dangers
A moral verse warns boys to resist alcohol’s lure and the ruin it brings to lives. It recalls sorrowful graves, broken hopes, and the demon of drink. The poem urges rejecting temptation with a firm no and highlights the impact on families and futures.
Intended Swindle Victim Turns Tables And Crooks Lose $100
CHICAGO. Confidence men Frank Ginsberg and Otto Bergoff lured Rudolph Fischmann, a chain grocer, with a money making scam claiming to turn $1 bills into $50 notes. Fischmann handed over two dollars. police nabbed the swindlers after the bait was tested at a bank. Ginsberg has prior fraud history. Bergoff is an alias.
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Chicago
Frank Ginsberg
Otto Bergoff
Rudolph Fischmann
Fischmann
Ginsberg
Bergoff
Tax battle irons out in Austin Legislature
The 46th Legislature faces a three cornered tax fight among sales tax backers, additional natural resources taxes, and anti tax advocates. Proposals include a Townsend plan transactions tax, and a 2 percent sales levy. natural resources measures would hike oil gas and sulfur levies and impose a 6 cent per 1000 feet natural gas tax. An income levy may be proposed as a tax that avoids sales tax objections.
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Austin
O’daniel
Alfred Petsch
Petsch
Sulak
Natural Resources Tax Bloc
Albert Derden
Marlin
Abe Mayes
Atlanta
County Officials Rally Behind Gas Tax Shift Bill
County judges and commissioners form a strong lobby backing a bill to divert part of the one cent gasoline tax from retiring county road bonds to non-eligible county roads later taken over by the state. Sen Will Pace of Tyler leads the floor fight. Critics say 28 counties would receive half the benefit and bond speculators who hold much of the county debt would reap large profits if the state assumes payment.
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Will Pace
Tyler
Texas editor recruited to aid protest at Allred confirmation
Rep. Martin Dies of Beaumont recruited a Houston editor to join him in protesting the confirmation of former Gov. Jimmie Allred as a federal judge. Senator Franklin Spears of San An...
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Austin
Martin Dies
Beaumont
Redhunter
Houston
Jimmie Allred
Franklin Spears
San An
Texas Legislature Debates Price Fixing and Reorg Plan
Texas lawmakers consider a bill by Tonio to allow 70 percent of local barbers to fix haircut prices and shop hours with penalties for noncompliance. Rep De Witt Hale proposes an 18 department reorganization. A high-profile hearing on truck load limits and bills on whisky sale, public utilities, and race track gambling also surface. Texan interest centers on Congress silver purchases and U S relations with Mexico amid Cardenas actions.
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Tonio
Washington
Spears
DeWitt Hale
Farmersville
House Highways Committee
Abe Mayes
Homer Leonard
McAllen
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Senate
Olan van Zandt
Congress
Mexico
U. S
Cardenas
Texas
Texas Jobless Get Over Ten Million In A Year
One year after the first unemployment check of 15 dollars to James G. Wilson, Texas reports 1,144,212 checks totaling more than 10 million dollars. Orville S. Carpenter says Texans lead nation in returning jobless to work and in prompt payments, with over 95 percent of claimants paid within three weeks. A two week waiting period aids employment agents in job placement.
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Austin
Austin Electrician
James G. Wilson
Orville S. Carpenter
Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission
Texas
Health Officer Urges Vaccination Against Smallpox
Austin report from Dr Geo W Cox state health officer urges immediate smallpox vaccination if last shot was over five years ago. 1938 saw over 600 cases in the state, with children under 14 most affected. The piece details incubation, symptoms, eruption pattern, and compares smallpox to chickenpox, emphasizing vaccination and control. It ends with a note on snakes and birds.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
State Health Department
Texas Cotton Quality Improves in 1938 Report
USDA figures show 8.5 percent of Texas cotton under 7/8 inch staple by December 1, 1938, down from 16.7 percent in 1937, with 65 percent graded white middling or better versus 53 percent in 1937. F. E. Lichte notes a 71.7 percent harvest pickup and 18 new seed cotton dryers, reflecting better gin practices and slower ginning to boost value.
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Lichte
Texas
Neighboring chat over tools ends in borrowed swap
A humorous exchange unfolds as one man leans over a garden fence to borrow Smith's rake from his neighbor. In a turn of reciprocity he offers to let the neighbor use the snow shovel whenever desired, a lighthearted barter between adjacent residents.
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